Shock as it emerges that MWANGI KIUNJURI ‘ate’ 5 billion meant for relief food while at Devolution Ministry

Friday November 9, 2018-At least Sh5 billion cannot be
accounted for by a State agency tasked with provision of relief food and other
drought emergency interventions in the Ministry of Devolution.

According to Auditor
General, Edward Ouko, a whopping Sh5.1 billion could have been lost in the
Drought Management Authority in the last financial year when the now
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary, Mwangi Kiunjuri, was the Devolution CS.

The Auditor revealed
the Ministry could not account for Sh2.3 billion that comprised payments to
various beneficiaries as there were no documents to support the payments.

Besides, the Ministry
failed to prove the expenditures of additional funds given to it for relief
food.

“The Hunger Safety Net
Programme (GOK component) expenditure of Sh2,312,626,824 that comprised
payments to various beneficiaries did not have a documented basis on how the
beneficiaries paid were identified and the rates used for paying the
beneficiaries, respectively,” reads the audit report.

“The basis of the requisition for disbursements to the
various county offices and other procurement activities have not been supported
by necessary documentation justifying the extent of the fund required to
undertake the given interventions,” he added.